PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
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Sample Output H3
Minim sed sit dolore invidunt aliquyam adipiscing magna diam invidunt sed. Sit autem ipsum praesent no eleifend. Nulla sadipscing invidunt aliquyam sit kasd et labore euismod sadipscing lorem dolor volutpat gubergren elitr. Et lorem lobortis in kasd nonumy. Diam consectetuer rebum et takimata gubergren et consetetur consetetur ipsum duo sit nulla eros et labore sit et. Takimata sanctus labore tation.
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Sample Output H4
Sed consetetur ea eos at ut. Gubergren vero voluptua sit delenit rebum ipsum. Et amet sit. Sed et voluptua feugait lorem et sadipscing ut et ipsum labore tempor vero. Vel ipsum labore eos est aliquip kasd duis labore rebum iriure sit sea eleifend esse. Et invidunt dolore. Est erat in lorem dolore amet dolor vulputate kasd minim. Nonumy et esse sed lorem ut gubergren rebum et diam quis et sed duo elitr vero sadipscing.
Tation ipsum tempor dolores elitr. Et rebum ut est cum in tempor lorem nulla ut eos facilisi molestie esse diam. Sanctus consectetuer ipsum dolor dolor labore dolor justo at lorem est rebum sit no ipsum est iriure liber. Accusam dolor at delenit nibh magna nibh elit. Vulputate duo sanctus delenit facilisi option et et amet. Kasd dolor duis tempor rebum ex invidunt accumsan est illum lorem ut et dolores vel duo. Luptatum labore nulla sanctus esse dolor lorem ut. Ipsum sed diam clita dolores dolore vulputate amet autem in consetetur et consetetur et vel rebum. Amet sit ipsum justo nonumy et ut et. Eirmod at elitr dolor sed gubergren nobis et. Erat dolor cum dolore consectetuer augue eirmod lorem diam sea nostrud.
Sample Output H4
Ea sed et velit ipsum nobis eirmod no sea. Ipsum no gubergren minim justo. Stet sit vel duo feugiat ea feugiat duo sit ipsum dolore aliquyam labore tincidunt zzril consetetur dolore molestie kasd. Tincidunt consetetur takimata lorem et sadipscing et esse sanctus et nibh dolor et amet sed sea magna eirmod ipsum. Nonummy lorem ut. Diam vero at lorem clita et nam placerat et duo commodo et sadipscing vel ea takimata vero. Clita diam at hendrerit kasd ut consequat et rebum labore duis kasd iriure laoreet sea lorem eos. Erat eos ea ut sit ut sed dolor eirmod no rebum eu et wisi vero magna invidunt dolore. Invidunt clita sed elit nihil. Eos takimata sea dolor eos kasd diam gubergren amet eirmod dolor dolore voluptua diam sanctus autem sadipscing.
Sea magna kasd ipsum iusto kasd lorem duo takimata. Ipsum sed sea. Erat duis sed justo sadipscing ipsum dolor at sed. Ut cum ipsum gubergren eos nostrud suscipit ipsum amet. Est at rebum ut est amet et elitr illum eos sit sed rebum ea ipsum minim consetetur dolore. Aliquyam no illum eos lorem te et diam sadipscing et ad ex amet sed gubergren sit. Duo magna ipsum at. Est et justo erat consetetur nonumy labore stet consequat ea voluptua aliquam justo. Et ipsum et clita dolores dolor voluptua eos ipsum eos dolor in ipsum erat consetetur.
Sample Output H3
Feugiat nam magna lorem nulla est sadipscing luptatum magna vel magna eirmod. Vero sit et sit at sit nulla eros adipiscing hendrerit justo eu nonumy sit. Accusam elitr amet cum. At clita dolores enim kasd duis dolor sit ea lobortis nonumy sit. Sit dolores amet vel dolor. Tempor ut at amet erat sit et. Feugait gubergren erat magna ea autem labore no clita et nonumy suscipit magna lorem et. Sed lorem vero stet accusam duis dolore vel sit nonumy sea aliquyam ipsum. Stet sit est takimata et diam invidunt aliquyam at wisi ut gubergren sanctus esse. Takimata duis laoreet dolore dolores eos sea sed sadipscing duo.
At vero takimata ut lorem sanctus enim gubergren et nisl vero sit. Consetetur magna stet eos erat clita et clita est lobortis kasd esse ad rebum. Gubergren eos sit possim vero adipiscing nibh tempor lorem consequat aliquyam ipsum esse facilisis. Ipsum iusto et dolor vero at dolor lorem. Lorem lorem et ut et dolor illum vero commodo clita lorem.
Sample Output H4
Lorem voluptua ipsum blandit gubergren augue nonumy adipiscing. Lorem eu rebum qui velit eleifend vel laoreet enim clita justo dolor ipsum illum ea lorem sit dolor ipsum. Blandit amet nulla at kasd. Et consetetur nonumy ea ipsum ea sed tincidunt lorem dolores no ut sea aliquyam dolore. Dolor tempor feugiat diam suscipit sadipscing. Zzril in exerci tempor sadipscing rebum sadipscing tempor velit accusam suscipit est et clita.
Lorem tincidunt sanctus zzril. Consetetur et dolor eos lorem kasd nihil sea consetetur sed vel ipsum accusam dolore eos eros sed labore. Kasd aliquyam vulputate rebum erat in sit dolore et consetetur exerci stet amet doming ut. At dolore rebum exerci ea augue. Doming eum et duo et facilisis ut dolore voluptua possim elitr tempor dolor at. Takimata commodo sea takimata ea rebum sit ea et et adipiscing et nonumy feugait ipsum autem.
Sample Output H4
Dolores elitr accusam stet euismod voluptua sed vero vero adipiscing sadipscing takimata. Sanctus rebum quis. Dolores sit sed ipsum commodo amet. Et quis vero et dolore eros vel amet eos nonumy labore amet sit consetetur. Eos dolores sed. Luptatum sanctus no illum voluptua euismod duo et stet consetetur ut et tempor vel clita. Et ipsum et sadipscing sit eirmod ea voluptua.
Aliquyam delenit ad stet ipsum clita takimata sadipscing clita et et voluptua. Ut augue nulla illum wisi ipsum lorem zzril sit labore ullamcorper takimata feugiat dolores ipsum est nostrud. Dolore vel aliquam te eirmod invidunt wisi. Nonumy diam kasd ipsum lobortis et nonumy lorem aliquyam. Et et wisi erat ipsum sanctus aliquyam nibh gubergren sanctus sadipscing. Elitr accusam amet nulla ut.
More Sample Output H2
Nostrud at dolor ea diam sea at est et sit ut. Molestie invidunt et erat sed amet. Autem magna minim nibh sadipscing. Eos erat duo nonumy cum diam invidunt gubergren dolore in et ut ullamcorper in et. Justo feugiat duo at molestie nam hendrerit et elitr quod et adipiscing ea exerci sadipscing. Ipsum sit at commodo no. Clita ut lorem sea tincidunt nulla ipsum consetetur qui takimata wisi minim magna ut no duo. Eros consequat dolor magna kasd laoreet eos quis tempor. Vero est justo et lorem amet tempor illum labore. Amet et sed eum. Nonumy duis clita dolor magna.
Magna consetetur ipsum vero stet ut dolor. Feugait aliquyam justo duo sed et amet dolore sed duo consetetur. No elitr rebum euismod sea odio et accusam stet dolore voluptua invidunt dolor ut. Et iusto sed feugiat dolor dolore lorem dolores luptatum stet gubergren dolor voluptua nonumy adipiscing labore illum tempor vel. Nonumy rebum sadipscing justo. Odio minim ea et diam veniam amet mazim sed at consetetur lorem lobortis voluptua dolor ipsum.
Sample Output H3
Zzril lorem et vero kasd eleifend ut sadipscing ipsum diam vel justo illum ipsum gubergren sanctus minim ut. Ut dolor et diam no kasd delenit eirmod labore lorem consetetur elitr at no magna. Accusam takimata ipsum labore ea vero amet. Et takimata erat at amet diam lorem aliquyam dolores sed diam. Amet assum amet sit nobis stet sea diam.
Et ut sit volutpat labore lorem sit sit consetetur facilisis ipsum lorem nisl sit. Ut et sadipscing et ea vero amet vero sed duis. Nonummy ut dolore magna minim dolores qui nam invidunt vero duis consetetur consequat enim sed. Ut et volutpat erat dolore sadipscing eos luptatum eirmod rebum eum sed gubergren et. Odio no et qui lorem et vero stet dignissim lorem amet et no exerci dolore voluptua ut.
Sample Output H4
Dolores consetetur clita dolores justo labore et ut consequat dolores. Lorem sit rebum diam vulputate dolor. Rebum aliquyam erat at dolores stet at dolore nibh diam. Sanctus takimata aliquyam hendrerit dolores aliquam sanctus feugait eros volutpat et quis duo no sit ipsum vel lorem. Duo dolore aliquyam gubergren soluta. Sit velit dolore et dolor lorem iriure aliquyam sadipscing nulla eu ut rebum rebum gubergren labore magna gubergren. Ut ut minim justo. Rebum dolor sed dolore et no at eum imperdiet erat velit lorem sed autem ipsum. Volutpat illum tation dolore vel sed elit tation veniam ut amet hendrerit ea invidunt ipsum illum tempor. Justo consetetur suscipit sanctus sea dolores dolor dolore magna sanctus lobortis gubergren. Tempor takimata kasd sit sit dolor tempor.
Congue tempor stet accusam lobortis aliquip vel quis magna. Rebum justo diam at eum. In sea autem justo diam est ipsum sit sit dolore. Lorem diam lorem magna duo vulputate vero veniam sanctus elitr ullamcorper amet sed ut. Et sit dolor et feugiat dolore diam lorem gubergren. Facilisi ea wisi. Labore clita et euismod sanctus euismod stet sed nonumy amet erat et erat tempor aliquam lorem delenit.
Sample Output H4
Tation voluptua invidunt est takimata aliquam dolores. Vero consetetur eirmod gubergren vero aliquyam. Eos aliquyam magna molestie kasd vero sit ipsum kasd sit et. Consequat amet te vulputate no in magna no duo ipsum sea et ipsum est sadipscing sit et dolor. Aliquyam lorem sea stet takimata nonumy kasd et erat sanctus takimata vero ipsum wisi vero ea.
Est hendrerit lorem dolor eirmod lobortis at et ea amet et illum sanctus. Te ea stet sed sed tempor blandit consectetuer justo duo vel dolor gubergren mazim lorem et consetetur. Sadipscing stet diam nulla dolore id ea. Magna ut eos amet sit ipsum sit odio nulla nonumy magna consectetuer ipsum. Veniam vulputate vero invidunt no justo consetetur consequat cum et tincidunt vel eirmod elitr sea sit et. Voluptua tincidunt augue blandit sed sea illum. Amet et sed et ut. Et sea et nostrud lorem sit dolor delenit erat vero.
Sample Output H3
Et justo gubergren no nihil consequat nonumy aliquip et clita ipsum dolor ullamcorper luptatum aliquam et enim accusam. In ipsum magna sed kasd. Enim ipsum tempor voluptua aliquyam duis. Justo esse eirmod minim diam vero vero amet. Amet et gubergren sea eirmod. Sanctus amet rebum dolor takimata. Clita sadipscing nonumy tincidunt lorem dolores aliquyam labore dolor feugiat stet sit at erat tempor diam. Consetetur diam sit ullamcorper at.
Et dolor tempor et sed veniam sit consequat aliquyam hendrerit sanctus sed dolore tempor sed tempor consetetur. Nibh accusam in dolor aliquyam gubergren clita diam facer invidunt takimata gubergren augue ut te ut dolore sit. Dolor elitr sed feugiat aliquyam erat ut. Voluptua erat et amet vel ipsum sed dolor iriure euismod in eos amet accusam rebum et dolore et. In eos ut facer consetetur eu imperdiet dolor facilisi consectetuer ut nulla lorem est eirmod liber delenit. Justo kasd sea at sit lorem dolor et. Lorem voluptua feugiat et invidunt justo amet volutpat enim facer in in praesent ut. Elit labore accusam et sed dolores takimata duo duo magna sed wisi tempor duo eos molestie mazim justo.
Sample Output H4
Odio ipsum magna et ea amet takimata nonumy ea nonumy labore tempor at ipsum hendrerit dolores. Diam dolore nonumy sit voluptua gubergren accumsan. Takimata clita lorem. Justo et duo vero elitr dolores et cum lorem. Accumsan facilisis duo ea sed dolor. Vulputate labore voluptua sanctus at veniam elitr est. Amet est sed voluptua veniam nonumy ut dolor aliquyam in dolores stet dolore qui eos vel. Sadipscing at no erat et option nonummy. Dolor diam vero velit dolor ipsum gubergren et eum laoreet magna clita in elitr lobortis.
Diam tempor magna ut et et esse mazim dolor odio amet erat justo nonumy accumsan diam. No sed sit diam velit est sanctus sadipscing tempor dolore sed et est vel invidunt et lorem dolor. Consequat eu stet clita ex ipsum et ea. Vero duis gubergren laoreet veniam facer dolore nulla est labore iusto et vero lorem dignissim et duis et elitr. Rebum takimata ipsum sit stet. In sit et et sadipscing accusam diam dolor justo quod ipsum labore vero amet dolor sed. Accusam stet sadipscing ut autem sadipscing erat sanctus in vero stet sit dolores lorem delenit at dolore ipsum. Kasd nonumy diam soluta euismod sed aliquyam sed ut consequat ipsum feugait amet qui laoreet nibh velit et nonummy. Lorem tempor no dolores sit diam amet amet.
Sample Output H4
Ullamcorper sadipscing illum luptatum dolores diam aliquyam aliquyam amet dolor duo ea sadipscing feugiat. Ea stet diam nostrud iusto sed hendrerit amet magna. Eos option mazim. Commodo at sanctus eu luptatum sed est. Dolores dolor option dolore diam et invidunt tempor labore consetetur magna accusam ea ea eos. Nam veniam stet consetetur amet illum ad imperdiet vero suscipit ut dolore tincidunt et sea velit. Tempor veniam no gubergren kasd vel aliquam zzril vel. Eu praesent consequat vero molestie est sit kasd. Erat gubergren stet dolore ut ipsum eos qui et lorem magna nonumy praesent ad ea erat.
Sit imperdiet aliquyam at ad accumsan nonumy labore sed dolore. Erat sed vero et eirmod sea sit sed magna dolor sea nam facilisis labore imperdiet. Vero vero lorem nam sit ipsum diam et eu gubergren ipsum kasd nam doming diam vero sit duo. Voluptua takimata et quis est dolor eirmod diam dolore sadipscing. Dolores at dolores. Eu accusam vero ea eos dolor accusam vulputate takimata sed est. Ut lobortis kasd labore aliquip nonumy dolore magna sanctus no. Lorem eirmod vero rebum sea nostrud hendrerit no diam lorem sit clita et lorem invidunt amet lorem est. Sea sit dolore ipsum tempor labore et no lorem sanctus clita et sanctus tincidunt.